Composers: Clara Schumann, Hiller, Herz, Kalkbrenner
Compositions: Piano music
Performers: Howard Shelley p, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Catalogue Number: Hyperion CDA68240

Hyperion’s invaluable survey of Romantic piano concertos noted and obscure shows no signs of flagging as it reaches Volume 78 with the release of this little charmer combining Clara Schumann’s juvenile but delightful concerto with pieces by three contemporaries. Howard Shelley directs the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, performing works by Ferdinand Hiller, Henri Herz and Friedrich Kalkbrenner, all of whom have been largely forgotten, some with more justification than others.

Hiller, for example, whose three piano concerts...